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2015 U.S. Drought Monitor: Changes during the growing season
2015-07-17 16:19:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Lots of rain in early summer changed drought conditions in the Midwest, compared to what it looked like just before planting began. Here's a current look, and look back, at how the U.S. Drought Monitor has changed from planting season to now. We'll update the gallery each week with the latest map. read more
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Climate Change Meets Drought In California
2015-07-17 02:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Capital Public Radio News: Federal climate scientists say it was a record warm June for California and four other western states. The NOAA State of the Climate report was released July 16. NOAA forecasters said 2014 year was the warmest on record for the state. And climate change research says California will be dryer, with snow coming earlier in the winter and melting sooner in the Sierra Nevada, along with an increase in severe wildfires throughout the western U.S. Jay Famiglietti is a Senior Water Scientist with NASA's...
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After Years of Drought, Wildfires Rage in California
2015-07-16 12:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Lake Fire started just before 4 p.m. on June 17. If rain and snow had arrived as scheduled in the winter, it might have been done in a day, at a cost of just a few acres. But with the drought turning soil to dust and trees to tinder, the fire, still smoking, has consumed a swath of national forest roughly the size of San Francisco. It has become the first big wildfire of a California season that threatens to become a terror. Between Jan. 1 and July 11, California fire officials have responded...
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California towns getting water by truck as drought continues wells run dry
2015-07-14 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Rural Tulare County, Calif., is now being called the epicenter of this drought. That's because at least 1,300 residential wells have run dry, affecting at least 7,000 people. When your taps start spitting out air here, Paul Boyer and his team are who you call. Under a punishing midafternoon sun, Boyer helps muscle down five of these hefty 400-pound water tanks from a semi-truck flatbed. He helps run a local nonprofit that's in charge of distributing these 2,500-gallon water tanks to drought...
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Calif. Regulators Have Limited Power to Punish Farmers in Drought, Court Rules
2015-07-13 15:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A judge ruled Friday that California regulators violated some farmers rights by telling them to stop diverting from rivers and streams, but the state said it can still punish those who illegally take water during the drought. The temporary restraining order by Judge Shelleyanne Chang of Sacramento Superior Court blocked the state from punishing farmers who ignored a state notice issued earlier this year to stop diverting water. The ruling applies to dozens of farmers in the Central Valley and the...
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